Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Patent number: 9096848
    Abstract: A method of applying a nondestructive mechanical force on one or more cells in aqueous environment by inducing heat generated acoustic pressure pulses. The method comprises providing an energy transmission pattern to induce the applying of a desired nondestructive mechanical force on a at least one cell by forming a plurality of heat generated acoustic pressure pulses in an aqueous environment and instructing the radiation of a target area in proximity to the at least one cell in the aqueous environment with light energy according to the energy transmission pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Eitan Kimmel, Shy Shoham, Boris Krasovitski
  • Patent number: 9096553
    Abstract: Compounds represented by structural formulas described herein, such as Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful in treating conditions such as metal overload, oxidative stress, and neoplastic and preneoplastic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9096856
    Abstract: The present disclosure encompasses oligonucleotide aptamers selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein, and having biased affinity for the glycan through a boronic acid linked to a nucleosidic base of a nucleotide(s). The disclosure further encompasses methods for isolating an aptamer(s) selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide, where, from a population of randomized oligonucleotides that have at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid label linked to a base, is selected a first subpopulation of aptamers binding to the target glycosylated polypeptide or protein. This subpopulation is then amplified without using boronic acid-modified TTP, and amplification products not binding to a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein are selected. The second subpopulation of aptamers is then amplified using boronic acid-modified TTP to provide a population of boronic acid-modified aptamers capable of selectively binding to a glycosylation site of a target polypeptide or protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Binghe Wang, Minyong Li, Zhen Huang, Na Lin
  • Patent number: 9100971
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal using interference alignment in a multi-cellular network are provided. The method includes determining a total number Sj of effective Inter-Cell Interference (ICI) channels of a j-th cell, determining a number tj,i of effective ICI channels caused by each of other Base Stations (BSs) and a number nj,i(s) of ICI channels aligned to each effective ICI channel, acquiring information about a channel matrix between users of the j-th cell and each BS, determining effective ICI channels reaching from the other BSs to users of the j-th cell and a receive beamforming matrix by reference to tj,i, nj,i(s) and information about the channel matrix, transmitting feedback information indicating the channel matrix and the receive beamforming matrix to the BS of the j-th cell, and receiving a signal from the BS of the j-th cell using the determined receive beamforming matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research And Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho Lee, Young-Chai Ko
  • Patent number: 9096941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolytic cell for an FT-CDI including: an injection port into which a bead and a concentrate are injected and a discharge port through which the bead and the concentrate are discharged to circulate the bead, thereby preventing the concentration of the bead from being degraded and disposes a mesh at a place in which the concentrate and the bead are received to disperse the concentrate and the bead well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University, Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Teak Sung Hwang, Sung-Gyu Park, Hui-Man Park, Noh-Seok Kwak, Chi Won Hwang, Chang-Sik Ha
  • Patent number: 9098936
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing a stereoscopic image may include: a color relationship extraction unit, which extracts color relationships between a plurality of first coordinates in a 3-dimensional color space for a first image and second coordinates in a 3-dimensional color space for a second image corresponding to the plurality of first coordinates; a color relationship correction unit, which corrects a color relationship for any one first coordinate from among the plurality of first coordinates based on a color relationship of at least one first coordinate existing within a particular distance from the any one first coordinate; and a color value transformation unit, which transforms a color value of the first image by using the corrected color relationship of the any one first coordinate. The invention provides the advantage of accurately correcting color imbalance between the left image and right image forming a stereoscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Kwang-Hoon Sohn, Hyoung-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 9095533
    Abstract: A composition-of-matter comprising an antibody or antibody fragment including an antigen-binding region capable of specifically binding an antigen-presenting portion of a complex composed of a human antigen-presenting molecule and an antigen derived from a pathogen is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Yoram Reiter, Cyril Cohen
  • Patent number: 9099609
    Abstract: Provided are a high-quality non-polar/semi-polar semiconductor device with reduced defect density and improved internal quantum efficiency and light extraction efficiency, and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, in which a template layer and a semiconductor device structure are formed on a sapphire substrate having a crystal plane for growing a non-polar or semi-polar nitride semiconductor layer. The sapphire substrate is etched to form uneven patterns, and the template layer including a nitride semiconductor layer and a GaN layer is formed on the sapphire substrate in which the uneven patterns are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd, Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Ok Hyun Nam, Geun Ho Yoo
  • Patent number: 9099989
    Abstract: A frequency reconfigurable digital filter and an equalizer using the same are disclosed. The digital filter includes a sampling kernel storage section configured to store a sampling kernel for performing upsampling of a model filter response scaled by a sampling constant and generating response of Multi images which are repeatedly formed with a constant period; a complementary conversion section configured to generate response of Multi complementary images repeatedly formed with constant period in frequency domain where the Multi images are not generated, the Multi complimentary images having the same characteristic as the Multi images; and an image response operation section configured to operate response of an image corresponding to a selected band among the Multi complementary images and the Multi images. The filter reconfigures frequency to realize various band pass characteristics only through changing very small number of parameter, and a user may change easily band of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Sang-Won Nam, Kyoung-Jae Kim, Sung-II Jung
  • Patent number: 9095886
    Abstract: Mill control system and method for metal strip rolling controlled in response to a sequence of controller scans are provided. A sensor suite is coupled to sense a plurality of parameters regarding the strip rolling. A model responsive to the sensed parameters is configured to estimate per scan at least one matrix based on the sensed parameters and indicative of state conditions of the strip rolling. A controller includes an inner control loop configured to effect a control law to generate a control vector per scan. The inner control loop may be configured to have dynamic characteristics, which remain substantially the same for each scan of the controller. The dynamic characteristics of the inner control loop are effective to determine a pointwise online control solution based on the matrix indicative of the state conditions of the strip rolling, without having to compute a Riccati control solution per scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Marwan A. Simaan, John Pittner
  • Patent number: 9096948
    Abstract: Methods for the fabrication of orientation-patterned semiconductor structures are provided. The structures are light-waveguiding structures for nonlinear frequency conversion. The structures are periodically poled semiconductor heterostructures comprising a series of material domains disposed in a periodically alternating arrangement along the optical propagation axis of the waveguide. The methods of fabricating the orientation-patterned structures utilize a series of surface planarization steps at intermediate stages of the heterostructure growth process to provide interlayer interfaces having extremely low roughnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dan Botez, Thomas F. Kuech, Luke J. Mawst, Steven Christopher Ruder
  • Patent number: 9098518
    Abstract: A resource sharing method for a resource sharing system for a plurality of edge peers that individually store a resource and a plurality of super peers that manage the plurality of edge peers or resource information including a name of the resource that includes at least one key word is provided. In the resource sharing system, the super peers distribute and manage resource information of the edge peers according to a key word. Therefore, if a resource is requested using part of a name of a resource desired by a certain edge peer, the super peer searches for resources including the resource desired by the edge peer. Therefore, a user of an edge peer may acquire a desired resource even using part of a name of a desired resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jae-min Ahn, Ji-yon Han, Jeong-hwa Song, U-ram Yoon, Keon-il Jeong, Eo-hyung Lee, Kyung-lang Park, Shin-dug Kim
  • Patent number: 9099071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of generating a singing voice are provided. The method for generating a singing voice includes: generating a first transformation function representing correlations between average voice data and singing voice data, based on the average voice data and the singing voice data; generating a second transformation function by reflecting music information into the first transformation function; and generating a singing voice by transforming the average voice data by using the second transformation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Eun-kyoung Kim, Jae-sung Kwon, Nam-soo Kim, Jun-sig Sung
  • Patent number: 9096840
    Abstract: Cell-targeted serine protease constructs are provided. Such constructs can be used in methods for targeted cell killing such as for treatment cell of proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer). In some aspects, recombinant serine proteases, such as Granzyme B polypeptides, are provided that exhibit improved stability and cell toxicity. Methods and compositions for treating lapatinib or trastuzumab-resistant cancers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Research Development Foundation
    Inventors: Michael G. Rosenblum, Khalid Amanali Mohamedali, Lawrence H. Cheung
  • Patent number: 9096662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies against specific domains of Olfml3 and the use of such in angiogenesis. In particular aspects, angiogenesis-related conditions, such as cancer, can be treated by the composition comprising the Olfml3 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Research Development Foundation
    Inventors: Beat A. Imhof, Marijana Miljkovic-Licina, Philippe Hammel
  • Patent number: 9095840
    Abstract: An activated carbon material for removing a contaminant from a liquid. The activated carbon material can be a plurality carbon grains that have a pore volume of approximately 0.1 milliliters per gram (mL/g) in the range of less than about 15 angstroms in width. The carbon grains can also have or contain a nitrogen-containing species having a concentration of more than 2 atomic percent nitrogen. A plurality of the carbon grains can be used to make a contactor that is operable to remove or reduce perchlorate having a concentration of 20 parts per billion (ppb) to less than 4 ppb from 4,500 bed volumes of water with the nitrogen-containing species leaching off of the carbon grains less than 0.1 mg/L. The activated carbon material can also be electrochemically regenerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frederick Scott Cannon, Nicole Robitaille Brown, Timothy M. Byrne, Pin Hou, Robert Parette, Xin Gu, Colin C. Cash, Cesar Nieto Delgado, Siqi Hong
  • Patent number: 9099372
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a CMOS image sensor and an operating method of the CMOS image sensor. The operating method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes generating photoelectrons at a photo sensor element during a first time; generating photoelectrons at the photo sensor element during a second time shorter than the first time; and sensing the photoelectrons generated at the photo sensor element. A gate voltage of a transfer transistor connected to the photo sensor element is set differently at the first time and the second time. With an embodiment of the inventive concept, a dynamic range of the CMOS image sensor increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Corporation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Gunhee Han, Eunsoo Chang, Dongmyung Lee, Ji Min Cheon
  • Patent number: 9097054
    Abstract: Methods and systems for passive wireless surface acoustic wave devices for orthogonal frequency coded devices to implement ON-OFF sensors reusing orthogonal frequency code and distinguishing between ON and OFF states using additional PN sequence and on/off switches producing multi-level coding as well as external stimuli for switching and identification of a closure system. An embodiment adds a level of diversity by adding a dibit to each surface acoustic wave devices, thus providing four different possible coding states. The PN on-off coding can be with the dibit for coding in a multi-tag system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Malocha, Nikolai Kozlovski
  • Patent number: 9097215
    Abstract: An exhaust gas control method of an engine may include calculating a target mass flux of EGR gas by using air mass entering into a cylinder and target air mass supplied into the engine, calculating a target effective flow area (EFAd) of the EGR valve by using the target mass flux of the EGR gas and front/rear condition of the EGR valve, and calculating a valve opening rate of the EGR valve by using a predetermined curve fitting formula and the target effective flow area (EFAd).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Kihoon Nam, Myoungho Sunwoo, Minkwang Lee, Yeongseop Park, Byounggul Oh
  • Patent number: 9095389
    Abstract: A bone fixation apparatus comprises an extramedullary component, an intramedullary component, and a fastener configured and dimensioned to interconnect the extramedullary component and the intramedullary component. The fastener has a head portion and a shank portion. The head portion is configured and dimensioned to be received in the extramedullary component. The shank portion is configured and dimensioned to be received in the intramedullary component. The fastener has a first longitudinal axis extending through both the head portion and the shank portion. The extramedullary component has a second longitudinal axis. The extramedullary component also includes an elongated surface defining an opening through which the shank portion of the fastener passes when the shank portion is received in the intramedullary component. The opening has a V shape. The V shape is oriented transverse to the first longitudinal axis and to the second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventor: Thomas J. Graham